Do Probabilistic Parameters in AI Models Amount to “Reproduction” or “Storage” Under Copyright Law?
When an AI model is trained on copyrighted works, it converts them into numbers. Does that amount to reproduction or storage under copyright law? A Munich court has held that it can, treating song lyrics memorised inside OpenAI's parameters as infringing copies. Our piece examines how Indian law would answer the same question under Section 14 of the Copyright Act, and why the absence of a text and data mining exception leaves developers exposed.